Guides · 2026

Vibe Coding Guides

Practical, no-fluff guides for shipping AI-built apps. Auth stacks, payment integration, database security, deployment, and the prompts that actually work — written by builders, for builders.

Fundamentals

What Is Vibe Coding?

The definitive guide to vibe coding — origin, how it works, what you can build, and how to get started in 2026.

Stack

The Vibe Coding Stack (2026)

The recommended stack for shipping AI-built apps fast — IDE, frontend, backend, auth, payments, and deployment.

Auth

Auth Stack Guide — Clerk vs Supabase vs NextAuth vs Firebase

Decision tree, hidden pricing traps, cost calculator at 100k MAU, and step-by-step setup for every auth provider.

Payments

Stripe Integration — The Parts That Actually Break

Webhook body parsing, signature verification, timing bugs — the 3 things AI gets wrong about Stripe.

Database

Supabase RLS Guide

Row-Level Security explained: disable RLS safely, Clerk JWT sync, AI gotchas, and performance anti-patterns.

AI Workflow

CONTEXT.md Guide

How to write a CONTEXT.md file that makes AI tools actually understand your project architecture.

Prompting

Emotional Context Setting

Prompt engineering tells AI what to do. Emotional Context Setting tells it WHY it matters — and it changes everything about how your AI agent behaves.

Prompts

Vibe Coding Prompts

Battle-tested prompts for Cursor, Claude Code, Bolt, and Lovable — copy-paste and ship.

Mistakes

Common Vibe Coding Mistakes

The mistakes every vibe coder makes — and how to avoid wasting hours on avoidable bugs.

Launch

Pre-Launch Checklist

Everything to check before you ship: SEO, performance, security, analytics, and error handling.

Deployment

Deployment Playbook

Vercel, Railway, Fly.io, Supabase Edge Functions — which deployment target for which app type.